alt Hacker News> This restriction is philosophical rather than technical. I get it though. TypeScript is a Microsoft product. Opening that floodgate would pollute the entire ecosystem.
Bad news (well not news, this happened a while ago): https://www.cnbc.com/amp/2020/03/16/microsoft-github-agrees-...
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arcanemachiner • yesterday at 3:19 AM
Don't worry. I'm sure Microsoft will be as good of a steward of npm and its ecosystem as they have been for GitHub.
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NoahZuniga • yesterday at 1:48 PM
node!=npm, and microsoft doesn't own the development of node.
> The new deal shows Microsoft doubling down on the strategy of helping individuals and corporate developers adopt open-source software, despite its heritage of distributing products that cost money
That is.....not the way anyone I know would describe Microsoft's history with the open source movement historically.....